THE HISTORY BOYS opened to rave reviews on Broadway on Sunday, April 23 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). The play originally opened May 18, 2004 at The National Theatre of Great Britain, where it won the Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics Circle Awards for Best Play.

THE HISTORY BOYS has also been nominated for three Drama League Awards, including Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Performance (Richard Griffiths) and Distinguished Ensemble (the entire cast), and four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Broadway Play, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Richard Griffiths), Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Frances de la Tour) and Outstanding Direction of a Play (Nick Hytner).

THE HISTORY BOYS is the thrilling comedy of eight bright, funny students trying to get into colleges and the year that influenced the rest of their lives. Guiding them are a maverick English teacher, a headmaster obsessed with results and a strong-willed history teacher resistant to change. A very funny and deeply moving play, THE HISTORY BOYS is about staff-room rivalry, adolescent anarchy and the role of education in our lives.